Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025
Latest action · May 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 45
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 20, 2025 to Jul 9, 2026; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Original | May 20, 2025 |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | May 29, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Dec 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Dec 12, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jan 7, 2026 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Jan 14, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Apr 22, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | May 12, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | May 14, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Jun 4, 2026 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Jun 4, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Jun 4, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jun 9, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jun 11, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Jun 25, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Jul 6, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Jul 9, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred May 20, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Introduced in House
- May 20, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 85, May 20, 2025, page H2198.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-36 | COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MEMBER DAY133 pages | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Jan 14, 2026 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant program to facilitate the installation, on certain infrastructure, of evidence-based suicide deterrents, including suicide prevention nets and barriers, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Barriers to Suicide Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
